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US supermajor ExxonMobil is one of the world's largest and most successful oil companies. It has billion-dollar investments in multiple areas and is usually hailed for its prowess as perhaps the best in offshore exploration among its peers. On Tuesday, the company announced its intended return to Trinidad after a 20-year-plus hiatus to explore for oil and gas in seven ultradeep blocks off the island's east coast in waters up […]

Twelve-year-old Jamaican-Canadian singer and actress Jazmin Headley stunned the crowd with her powerful rendition of the Black National Anthem ahead of Claressa Shields' undisputed heavyweight title win over Lani Daniels on Saturday, July 26, at the Little Caesars Arena in Detroit, Michigan. Jazmin's mother, Deborah Headley, told Caribbean Life on Monday, July 28, that the Jamaican-Canadian prodigy, who played a young Claressa in the film "The Fire Inside," received "roaring […]

Dancehall icon Bounty Killer is set to perform in Toronto on Aug. 23 for the first time in over two decades. The legendary deejay is set to headline the Oasis Music at Markham Fairgrounds in Toronto, joining a power-packed lineup that includes Cham, Dexta Daps, and Mr. Killa. "The festival promises a full-scale celebration of dancehall and soca culture, uniting fans from across Canada and beyond," Anthony "ER Guru," a […]

The Caribbean Elite Group (CEG), organizer of the Annual Caribbean Music Awards (CMA), has expanded the list of honorees for the 2025 Awards by adding Carimi, Sizzla Youth Foundation, and Shirley Ann Cyril-Mayers, as well as significant media partnerships with Trace and Hot 97. Recently, CEG added Bounty Killer, Austin "Super Blue" Lyons, and Kerwin Du Bois to its list of honorees. CEG said on Tuesday, Aug. 5, that these […]

Three-time GRAMMY® Award-winner Gramps Morgan, affectionately known as “the King of Country Reggae,” is set to bring his electrifying fusion of reggae, soul, and country music to stages across the US with the launch of his “No Water in My Whiskey Tour.” The tour begins on Friday, Sept. 26, 2025, at the historic Crown Hill Theatre in Brooklyn. “Blending roots reggae with the emotional grit of country music, Gramps Morgan […]

Assembly Member Monique Chandler-Waterman, in partnership with U.S. Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, Senator Roxanne Persaud, and Assembly Member Jamie Williams, entertained scores of Canarsie residents on Aug. 10 at the Bankra Caribbean Folk Festival on the Holy Family Church tarmac on Flatlands Avenue in Brooklyn. AssemblyMember Chandler-Waterman and Jamie Williams, who co-chair the New York State Caribbean Delegation, ensure that constituents are bused to Albany for Caribbean Heritage events to represent […]

The Caribbean Premier League (CPL) will adopt the International Cricket Council's (ICC) T20 International playing conditions starting with the upcoming 2025 season, which runs from Aug. 14 to Sept. 21. This strategic alignment brings CPL matches in line with the global standard, ensuring that the tournament continues to be one of the premier cricketing showcases in the world. The recent updates to the ICC's T201 playing conditions, particularly the stricter […]

On Aug. 7, author Nikki May, who was born in Bristol, England, and raised in Lagos, Nigeria, discussed her critically acclaimed debut novel "Wahala" (2022, Mariner Books — under HarperCollins) in a virtual conversation hosted by the Queens Public Library (QPL). May began the conversation by sharing what life was like for her growing up. Her family moved to Nigeria, where her dad is from, before she was a year […]

Legendary West Indies cricket captain Sir Clive Lloyd, 80, recently made a heartfelt plea for the region to come together to save West Indies cricket during an emotional tribute at the Emancipation Cricket Festival in St. Vincent and the Grenadines. Sir Clive and other members of the West Indies 1975 World Cup-winning team were honored. Speaking at the event hosted by Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves, Sir Clive struggled to […]